If your
configuration
doesn't seem to do what it's
supposed to do, you should debug it. First, build mod_perl with:

panic% perl Makefile.PL PERL_TRACE=1 [...]

Next, set the environment variable MOD_PERL_TRACE
to s (as explained in Chapter 21). Now you should be able to see how the
<Perl>section globals are converted into
directive string values. For example, suppose you have the following
Perl section: